Having always simply followed pre-season via the use of short NFL.com highlights videos for the initial seven years of following football, I have encountered a bit of a conundrum.

Being a subscriber to NFL GamePass at such an early stage this time around, I now have access to all pre-season games, though I can't decide what way to go about viewing.

Originally I had planned to simply take in a few different games each week, though the games can become rather unbearable when countless undrafted rookies take the field. Therefore, I am now thinking of simply tracking how the starters fare in each game, allowing me to gain a wide perspective of how all of the 'regular depth charts' are shaping up prior to the beginning of the regular season.

Purely out of intrigue, I was wondering how others follow football during August? I just simply don't feel as though I'm gaining much, watching three quarters of football that feature players that will likely never make the roster.

I actually enjoy watching the pre season games, will watch every quarter of my Browns games. I actually like to see what the 3/4 string guy looks like in play, i want to see what our undrafted rookie DE can do up against a 2nd year guy trying to win a spot or trying to see why our 3 year kid who is still 4th string still cant beat a guy signed up off the street two weeks ago etc .

For example i want to see why our 2nd string TE Cameron has beat out Evan Moore this year

I watch the Giants to see how new players on the roster perform, maybe catch parts of games or condensed games where I may see a glimpse of how some hot tipped players for 2012 are going to perform, and I try to remember to not get too hyped for a match up as this is not real football!

Waiting for week 1 gameday is actually much more exciting as watching preseason can numb you a little to the big day, but on the flipside you have gamepass which means you love football.... so enjoy the fact you can watch whatever you want, when you want!

I actually enjoy watching the pre season games, will watch every quarter of my Browns games. I actually like to see what the 3/4 string guy looks like in play, i want to see what our undrafted rookie DE can do up against a 2nd year guy trying to win a spot or trying to see why our 3 year kid who is still 4th string still cant beat a guy signed up off the street two weeks ago etc .

For example i want to see why our 2nd string TE Cameron has beat out Evan Moore this year

Could also be the highlight of your season mate!

I can see why Colts and Skins fans are excited to see Luck and RGIII but for most teams its about avoiding injury.

I quite enjoy the preseason, especially as there has been a famine of football, as a giants fan it was great to see the likes of Shockey and Cruz make huge impacts on preseason games.
You also get a glimpse of raw talent that the coaches are too scared to release in meaningful games as they may make rookie mistakes. Furthermore the human element of watching guys fight for their careers within the space of a few plays is fascinating tv.